A completely free genealogy site, mainly for those researching their roots
in South Africa

This web site began in
1999 with data from
NAAIRS, prior
to the introduction of the National Archives website.
At this time, it was necessary to obtain data from the archives in
Pretoria on media such as diskette (often referred to in South Africa as
a 5.25" floppy disk or 3.5" stiffy.We have retained records originally submitted by contributors, whose names are posted
here.

Click
Description
for an overview of NAAIRS files and Pathfinder
which will assist
in identifying archive locations, database acronyms, and contact details
within the National
Archives.

Delia Robertson's BMD's can be found
here.
Updated 22 Sep 2005There's a
genealogy
primer available for download in Adobe 'pdf' format (226Kb). Deliahas also added a table of useful English to Afrikaans relationship
translations.

Delia has also created "First Fifty Years" (FFY), covering the early years
at the Cape

Heather Graham
has submitted corrections to Jacob SMIT P52141 and his descendants
Updated
22 July 2018

Annelie Els has kindly submitted further research on Barend Jacobus SMIT.
Select "Family Trees" and then Jan SMIT

BMD's and Estates researched by
Tobi Swart are here,
or may be searched using the search box below. New data covers Irene
Concentration Camp births during 1901 to 1902, BMD's from 1945 and legal
adverts from the Pretoria News.Updated
28 Sep 2014.

Ray Kruger has contributed his
research - select Family Trees 07 Jan
2009

Nolene Lossau has
made her research available transcribed from LDS Church
microfilms, covering Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape. Contributions by Sha Redfern and Ellen
Stanton are now included here. Updated 23 Dec 2006